TL-WA801ND_V2_140425 lost IPv6

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TL-WA801ND_V2_140425 lost IPv6
TL-WA801ND_V2_140425 lost IPv6
2014-12-31 01:44:08
Region : Denmark

Model : TL-WA801ND

Hardware Version : V2

Firmware Version : TL-WA801ND_V2_140425

ISP :


I just ended a bit of digging, and thought I would share:

I have IPv6 on my network, and it used to work on wireless

After upgrading the firmware to TL-WA801ND_V2_140425, multicast no longer works.
As IPv6 depends on multicast, the clients do not get an IPv6 address, do not receive a gateway,
and even when you assign them static IPv6 addresses, they cannot find each other as that also
depends on multicast.

Downgrading to the older TL-WA801ND_V2_130121 does work with both multicast and IPv6, so something got broken, or was lost, in the newer firmware.


I have been back and forth in firmware versions a few times on two different 801NDs, it is reliably reproducible, on Windows, Mac, Linux, and FreeBSD clients.

/KKP

Before someone suggests turning off IPv6, there are machines that I need to talk to that do not HAVE IPv4 addresses.
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Re:TL-WA801ND_V2_140425 lost IPv6
2014-12-31 13:55:10
What mode are you using? Access Point mode?
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Re:TL-WA801ND_V2_140425 lost IPv6
2015-01-03 22:08:12
Yes, as-simple-as-possible access point mode. The only things I have set, after loading the fimware (which gives a reset to default) is ssid,region,channel=1, and security to WPA2-PSK,AES
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Re:TL-WA801ND_V2_140425 lost IPv6
2015-01-13 15:47:11
IPV6 link local communication is based on specified multicast address format, maybe this model doesn't support IPV6
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Re:TL-WA801ND_V2_140425 lost IPv6
2015-01-15 17:31:55
I have contacted the support of TP-LINK, they said a new firmware for TL-WA801ND V2 is coming, let's see this firmware will handle this issue.

Cheers
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